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    BEST VEGETABLES TO GROW IN THE SHADE

    So is that family housing? When I was in grad school we lived in family housing and they had a whole field were we could purchase garden plots. After all the years of use that was the most fertile soil I have ever farmed in
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    WOOHOOOO... Clearance Herb Find

    awesome. I made the mistake of telling one of the gardener guys at work about Lowes clearance and now every payday friday we have to race each other to get there. ;)
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    sowing zinnias and marigolds

    The marigolds I am so over. They just don't wanna grow. The zinnias did come up after I resowed. But the problem with just sowing direct is that my ground is covered with mulch. Like a lot of mulch. so I cant direct seed.
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    Monster Radish

    When I tried to eat the really large radishes I got a stomach upset because they were so hot. never again.
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    rusty garden tools

    Is there a way to sharpen the blades? or the edges of my pitch fork or shovels?
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    Time To Play...NAME THAT CHICKEN

    I was leaning toward duck...
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    Lowe's brand cow manure questions?

    Its mostly for my flowers. I tell you my knock out roses absolutely love it.
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    rusty garden tools

    What is sharp sand?
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    growing organic and city water?

    I have city water and to be honest I don't think much of it. I can defiantly taste the difference between city water and well water but since city water is all i have then that is all I can use. I don't really want the extra work of trying to take out the chems. It doesn't hurt the garden and...
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    rusty garden tools

    So I was not so diligent on the care and keepin of my tools. But I have seen the error of my ways. But how do I bring them back from the brink of destruction?
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    Raised bed pics

    I think that because we are at the bottom of the mississippi we don't have rock but I wish we did.
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    Lowe's brand cow manure questions?

    Anybody use this? Is it equal or similar to the Black Cow Brand? I use the BCB for my roses and they love it! but it is so expensive and As my garden grows I can't keep buying that much. So I want to look at the Lowes brand which is half the price but don't want to if it is worthless. So if...
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    sowing zinnias and marigolds

    So how do I do them? I grew some zinnia from seed last year and they grew but it was like Mid-March. I sewed some in my Mini-Greenhouse (unheated) and it has been like three weeks and nothing zilch. Should I resow or just wait till they warm up a bit. (Gosh it has been so nice like it is 60...
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    Argh! Careful planning ruined!

    I garden with kids and so I actually lose a lot of seedlings. And even more times that I get mixed up cause my helper are not really helping me. I would just start more of everything. that way you would be sure to get what you need. last year I didn't get my jalapeos due to a mishap and I...
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    turning compost in winter?

    I don't turn mine in the winter. But that has less to do with compost and more to due with fire ants.
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    Raised bed pics

    Wow that is alot of rocks. We don't have rocks down here and all I can see is that must be a fortune.
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    Growing Tomato, Squash, and Cukes this year Vertically! Need ADVICE!!

    Wow! Luv the arch! How many plants are in there and what is the arch made of? I cukes get into gigantic monsters.
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    Brussel Sprouts ...where to start them?

    peeps. I am in SE LA and mine only got about a foot maybe foot and a half tall as well. I think that we just don't have the climate for them. Like no only is it warm, cool and sometimes cold in the winter when we grow them but we also have to deal with the short days. whereas if we grew them...
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    My seed order came!

    Yummy I love love love Backer Creek and I have a hidden affair with burpee for my zinnia seeds. Though this year I bought mine from Lowe's after I lost my Burpee seeds. I just could not validate paying that price twice
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    Creating a 2011 Seed Starting & Planting Schedule for Your Zone

    Thanks! I will have to give this a try. I lack organization.
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